{"id":39947,"date":"2025-03-03T12:41:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T20:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=39947"},"modified":"2025-03-03T22:50:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T06:50:36","slug":"scenes-from-saturdays-protest-at-sfs-tesla-showroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/03\/scenes-from-saturdays-protest-at-sfs-tesla-showroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Scenes From Saturday&#8217;s Protest at SF&#8217;s Tesla Showroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-2-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-2-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-2-250x141.png 250w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-2.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2 MARCH 2025\/<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/news\/\">SF NEWS<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/author\/leanne-maxwell\/\">LEANNE MAXWELL<\/a> (SFist.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday\u2018s Noon rally at San Francisco\u2019s Tesla showroom had another large turnout with protesters crowded around the intersection and in the center island on Van Ness Avenue. The energy was lively as participants chanted and waved to drivers who honked encouragingly, along with the occasional dog, barking in solidarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.sfist.com\/2025\/03\/Tesla-Protest-01March2025-8-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.sfist.com\/2025\/03\/Tesla-Protest-01March2025-6-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a wide range of protestors at the showroom on Saturday who were carrying out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2025\/02\/27\/meet-the-organizer-who-turned-the-tesla-showroom-into-a-weekly-rallying-cry\/\">now weekly ritual<\/a>\u00a0of discouraging prospective Telsa buyers from supporting Musk. A lot of older residents were in attendance who appeared to have years of protest experience under their belts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tesla Showroom Protest, San Francisco, 3\/1\/2025 - Clip #1\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f0KqDVMbLOM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our favorite was a duo in berets and sunglasses waving their signs authoritatively, which read: &#8220;T-Rump Releases Musk-Turd Gas on America&#8217;s Democracy&#8221; and &#8220;Resist Destruction by Musk, Vance, and Trump.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.sfist.com\/2025\/03\/Tesla-Protest-01March2025-5-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.sfist.com\/2025\/03\/Tesla-Protest-01March2025-4-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>A barking dog can also be heard in some of the video footage, which inspires an idea for future Saturdays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tesla Showroom Protest, San Francisco, 3\/1\/2025 - Clip #3\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gWy94StEIX0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tesla Showroom Protest, San Francisco, 3\/1\/025 - Clip #2\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eN1G4jHFkIs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dog owners: Bring your pups to the Tesla showroom and let them bark their heads off \u2014 for democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.sfist.com\/2025\/03\/Tesla-Protest-01March2025-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.sfist.com\/2025\/03\/Tesla-Protest-01March2025-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photos and videos by Leanne Maxwell\/SFist<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Previously:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2025\/02\/27\/meet-the-organizer-who-turned-the-tesla-showroom-into-a-weekly-rallying-cry\/\">Meet The Organizer Who Turned The Tesla Showroom Into a Weekly Protest Hub<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 MARCH 2025\/SF NEWS\/LEANNE MAXWELL (SFist.com) Yesterday\u2018s Noon rally at San Francisco\u2019s Tesla showroom had another large turnout with protesters crowded around the intersection and in the center island on Van Ness Avenue. The energy was lively as participants chanted and waved to drivers who honked encouragingly, along with the&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/03\/scenes-from-saturdays-protest-at-sfs-tesla-showroom\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39947"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39947"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39965,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39947\/revisions\/39965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}